Water Polo, Men

Competition 2026 European Water Polo Championships - Men
Venue Beograd SRB
Held 10 – 25 January 2026
Status Medal
Competitors 238
Countries 16
Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Serbia SRB 7 0 1
Radoslav Filipović / Dušan Mandić / Strahinja Rašović / Sava Ranđelović / Miloš Ćuk / Đorđe Lazić / Radomir Drašović / Nikola Jakšić / Nemanja Vico / Nikola Dedović / Petar Jakšić / Viktor Rašović / Milan Glušac / Vasilije Martinović / Nikola Lukić
🥈 Hungary HUN 6 0 2
Kristóf Csoma / Dániel Angyal / Krisztián Manhercz / Ákos Nagy / Vince Vigvári / Ádám Nagy / Gergő Fekete / Dávid Tátrai / Péter Kovács / Vendel Vigvári / Szilárd Jansik / Benedek Batizi / Soma Vogel / Zsombor Vismeg / Vince Varga
🥉 Greece GRE 7 0 1
Manos Zerdevas / Konstantinos Genidounias / Dimitris Skoumpakis / Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis / Stylianos Argyropoulos Kanakakis / Alexandros Papanastasiou / Nikos Gkillas / Efstathios Kalogeropoulos / Aristeidis Chalyvopoulos / Kostas Kakaris / Dimitris Nikolaidis / Nikos Papanikolaou / Panagiotis Tzortzatos / Evangelos Pouros / Semir Spachits
4 Italy ITA 5 0 3
Marco Del Lungo / Francesco Cassia / Jacopo Alesiani / Mario del Basso / Filippo Ferrero / Edoardo Di Somma / Vincenzo Dolce / Tommaso Gianazza / Matteo Iocchi Gratta / Lorenzo Bruni / Francesco Condemi / Alessandro Carnesecchi / Francesco De Michelis / Alessandro Balzarini / Mattia Antonucci
5 Spain ESP 6 0 1
Unai Aguirre / Alberto Munárriz / Álvaro Granados / Bernat Sanahuja / Miguel De Toro / Marc Larumbe / Pol Daura / Sergi Cabañas / Roger Tahull / Fran Valera / Unai Biel / Alejandro Bustos / Eduardo Lorrio / Óscar Asensio / Biel Gomila
6 Croatia CRO 4 0 3
Marko Bijač / Rino Burić / Loren Fatović / Luka Lončar / Franko Lazić / Luka Bukić / Ante Vukičević / Marko Žuvela / Matias Biljaka / Josip Vrlić / Zvonimir Butić / Konstantin Kharkov / Ivan Marcelić / Filip Kržić / Andrija Bašić
7 Montenegro MNE 5 0 2
Petar Tešanović / Dmitry Kholod / Jovan Vujović / Marko Mršić / Aljoša Mačić / Vlado Popadić / Danilo Stupar / Balša Vučković / Miroslav Perković / Vladan Spaić / Dušan Matković / Vasilije Radović / Darko Brguljan / Srdan Janović / Strahinja Gojković
8 Romania ROU 3 0 4
Marius Țic / Francesco Iudean / Matei Lutescu / Tudor Fulea / Andrei Neamțu / Andrei Prioteasa / Andrei Țepeluș / Nicolae Oanţă / Alexandru Gheorghe / Vlad Georgescu / Dávid Belényesi / Levente Vancsik / Mihai Drăgușin / David Bota / Darian Luncan
9 France FRA 3 0 4
Julien Offner / Killian Braise-Fernandez / Luca Barnat / Alexandre Bouet / Alexis Drahe / Thomas Vernoux / Steven Vitrant / Denis Guerin / Romain Marion-Vernoux / Lorris Canovas / Enzo Nardon / Jean-Baptiste Carpentras / Hugo Fontani / Mathis Mas / Tom Sauton
10 Georgia GEO 2 0 5
Irakli Razmadze / Saba Tkeshelashvili / Valiko Dadvani / Nika Shushiashvili / Andria Bitadze / Dušan Vasić / Sandro Adeishvili / Jovan Sarić / Revaz Imnaishvili / Giorgi Magrakvelidze / Veljko Tankosić / Stefan Pješivac / Giorgi Gvetadze / Andrija Vlahović / Luka Chikovani
11 Netherlands NED 2 0 5
Miki Buitenhuis / Bilal Gbadamassi / Jeroen Rouwenhorst / Benjamin Hessels / Mart van der Weijden / Tim de Mey / Kas te Riele / Benjamin Hessels / Sam van den Burg / Tom de Weerd / Marnick Snel / Lars ten Broek / Jelto Spijker / Niels Hofmeijer / Jorrit van der Weijden
12 Turkey TUR 1 0 6
Hüseyin Kağan Kil / Arda Yener / Kaan Oğuzcan / Fatih Acar / Tugay Ergin / Berk Alkan / Kerem Gemalmazoğlu / Orhan Arda Alpman / Efe Naipoğlu / Mehmet Yutmaz / Ege Kahraman / Yuşa Han Düzenli / Mert Meral / Efe Kuloğlu / Selçuk Can Caner
13 Malta MLT 3 0 3
Jake Tanti / Ivan Nagaev / Liam Galea / Ben Plumpton / Benjamin Cachia / Matthew Zammit / Steven Camilleri / Jayden Cutajar / Jake Muscat Melito / Nikolai Zammit / Darren Zammit / Alec Fenech / Nicholas-Kane Grixti / Elijah Schembri / Jake Bonavia
14 Slovakia SVK 1 0 5
Lukáš Kozmér / Marco Mihál / Patrik Tisaj / Marek Molnár / Lukáš Ďurík / Maroš Tkáč / Lukáš Seman / Marek Tkáč / Adam Furman / Tomáš Bielik / Matej Čaraj / Samuel Baláž / Filip Balogh / Boris Juhász
15 Slovenia SLO 1 0 5
Jure Beton / Vukašin Stefanović / Jaša Kadivec / Matija Čanč / Miha Santak / Marcel Lipnik / Nace Štromajer / Aleksander Paunović / Gašper Žurbi / Aleksander Cerar / Aljaž Troppan / Enej Potočnik / Milan Bulajić / Nikola Miletić / Bine Štromajer
16 Israel ISR 1 0 5
Yahav Fire / Or Schlein / Ronen Gros / Gil Gvishi / Tomer Arazi / Amir Shafrir / Vlad Begin / Ido Goldschmidt / Itai Roth / Yoav Rendler / Ori Buzaglo / Yuval Klarfeld / Maxim Smirnov / Nadav Carmon / Raz Sharir

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 3 0 0 9
2 Montenegro MNE 2 0 1 6
3 France FRA 1 0 2 3
4 Malta MLT 0 0 3 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 15-7 France FRA
Montenegro MNE 21-12 Malta MLT
Hungary HUN 13-10 Montenegro MNE
France FRA 22-13 Malta MLT
Hungary HUN 21-6 Malta MLT
Montenegro MNE 13-12 France FRA

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Greece GRE 3 0 0 9
2 Croatia CRO 2 0 1 6
3 Georgia GEO 1 0 2 3
4 Slovenia SLO 0 0 3 0

Matches

Greece GRE 20-6 Georgia GEO
Croatia CRO 20-4 Slovenia SLO
Greece GRE 23-8 Slovenia SLO
Croatia CRO 18-7 Georgia GEO
Greece GRE 11-10 Croatia CRO
Georgia GEO 22-11 Slovenia SLO

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Serbia SRB 3 0 0 8
2 Spain ESP 3 0 0 6
3 Netherlands NED 1 0 2 4
4 Israel ISR 0 0 3 0

Matches

Serbia SRB 13-13 (5-3)
Penalty Shoot Out
Netherlands NED
Spain ESP 28-3 Israel ISR
Serbia SRB 12-11 Spain ESP
Netherlands NED 19-11 Israel ISR
Serbia SRB 19-9 Israel ISR
Spain ESP 14-7 Netherlands NED

Group D

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Italy ITA 3 0 0 9
2 Romania ROU 2 0 1 6
3 Turkey TUR 1 0 2 3
4 Slovakia SVK 0 0 3 9

Matches

Italy ITA 19-8 Turkey TUR
Romania ROU 16-8 Slovakia SVK
Italy ITA 17-12 Slovakia SVK
Romania ROU 20-19 Turkey TUR
Italy ITA 20-6 Romania ROU
Turkey TUR 17-16 Slovakia SVK

Group Stage

Group E

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Serbia SRB 4 0 1 11
2 Hungary HUN 4 0 1 11
3 Spain ESP 4 0 1 10
4 Montenegro MNE 3 0 2 9
5 France FRA 1 0 4 3
6 Netherlands NED 0 0 5 1

Matches

Serbia SRB 14-10 France FRA
Hungary HUN 16-11 Netherlands NED
Spain ESP 14-6 Montenegro MNE
Serbia SRB 15-14 Hungary HUN
Spain ESP 14-8 France FRA
Montenegro MNE 15-11 Netherlands NED
Serbia SRB 13-15 Montenegro MNE
Hungary HUN 11-11 (4-3)
Penalty Shoot Out
Spain ESP
France FRA 14-10 Netherlands NED

Group F

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Greece GRE 5 0 0 15
2 Italy ITA 4 0 1 12
3 Croatia CRO 3 0 2 9
4 Romania ROU 2 0 3 6
5 Georgia GEO 1 0 4 3
6 Turkey TUR 0 0 5 0

Matches

Greece GRE 20-8 Turkey TUR
Italy ITA 16-14 Georgia GEO
Croatia CRO 17-9 Romania ROU
Greece GRE 15-13 Italy ITA
Croatia CRO 22-9 Turkey TUR
Romania ROU 15-10 Georgia GEO
Greece GRE 18-9 Romania ROU
Italy ITA 13-10 Croatia CRO
Georgia GEO 14-11 Turkey TUR

Semi-Finals

Serbia SRB 17-13 Italy ITA
Hungary HUN 15-12 Greece GRE

Finals

Serbia SRB 10-7 Hungary HUN
Greece GRE 12-5 Italy ITA
Spain ESP 17-9 Croatia CRO
Montenegro MNE 21-15 Romania ROU
France FRA 16-13 Georgia GEO
Netherlands NED 25-8 Turkey TUR

Classification Round

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
13 Malta MLT 3 0 0 9
14 Slovakia SVK 1 0 2 4
15 Slovenia SLO 1 0 2 3
16 Israel ISR 1 0 2 2

Matches

Malta MLT 15-14 Israel ISR
Slovakia SVK 10-10 (3-4)
Penalty Shoot Out
Slovenia SLO
Malta MLT 20-11 Slovakia SVK
Slovenia SLO 11-11 (3-4)
Penalty Shoot Out
Israel ISR
Malta MLT 14-13 Slovenia SLO
Slovakia SVK 11-8 Israel ISR